Part of the real power of Easy Automation is its ability to record your interactions with other applications and save that as an automation script.

In the Script Editor click on the 'New' button on the menu bar. Now choose the 'Application Helpers' category and the 'Record an Application' template. Then click on 'OK'.



Before we can record an application we need to give the wizard some information (like which application to record.) We are going to work with Notepad again, so click on 'Application to Record'. Then click on the drop down list and choose Notepad. Next we want to tell it when to run the recording we make. So click on 'Run the Recording' and then click on the ... button. Choose 'When the Script Starts Up' and then click on 'OK'. The rest of the properties change how the recording is made. For what we are doing the defaults are fine. Now click on 'OK' and the recording will begin.

Notepad will now start up and a message will pop up in the bottom right hand corner of the screen that tells you, you are now in recording mode. The Script Editor will also minimize so it won't be in your way. At this point everything is ready to record your interactions with notepad.

Click on the notepad to put the cursor where you want it, then type "Hello World". Now press the Ctrl and 1 keys at the same time. This will stop the recording. Easy Automation will pop back up and you new script will be in the editor. Now close Notepad. Since you have stopped the recording closing the Notepad application will not be part of your new script.

You can now save and run your script (see Running a Script). The recording will playback exactly what you did. So first Notepad will be started and then Hello World will by typed into it. After that the script will end. That is all there is to building automation scripts based on recording other applications.

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